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Genus: Messor

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Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Messor

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Extant: 120 species, 50 subspecies

Fossil:

Messor Forel, 1890b PDF: lxviii [as subgenus of Aphaenogaster] Type-species: Formica barbara, by subsequent designation of Bingham, 1903 PDF: 277. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Messor in Myrmicinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 98.
Messor in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Emery, 1914e: 40; Forel, 1917 PDF: 241; Arnold, 1920a PDF: 404; Emery, 1921c: 68 [subtribe Stenammini]; Wheeler, 1922: 661; all subsequent authors.
Messor as subgenus of Aphaenogaster: Forel, 1890b PDF: lxviii; Dalla Torre, 1893: 98; Forel, 1899b: 59.
Messor as subgenus of Stenamma: Emery, 1895d PDF: 298; Emery, 1895l PDF: 769; Forel, 1903a PDF: 693.
Messor as genus: Bingham, 1903 PDF: 277; Ruzsky, 1905b: 726; Emery, 1908f PDF: 437; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 140; Forel, 1917 PDF: 241; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 149; Arnold, 1920a PDF: 404; Emery, 1921c: 68; Wheeler, 1922: 661; all subsequent authors.
Genus Messor references
Forel, 1903a PDF: 693 (India & Sri Lanka species key); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 278 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Ruzsky, 1905b: 726 (Russian Empire species key); Emery, 1908f PDF: 437 (Palaearctic species key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 143 (Italy species key); Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 149 (France & Belgium species key); Arnold, 1920a PDF: 404 (diagnosis); Emery, 1921c: 43 (Cratomyrmex diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1921c: 67 (Veromessor diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1921c: 68 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 802 (Afrotropical Cratomyrmex, Messor catalogues); Santschi, 1927d PDF: 247 (Messor instabilis group key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a PDF: 89 (Central Asia species key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d PDF: 4 (Central Asia species key); Finzi, 1929 PDF: 77 (Italy species key); Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 56 (Israel species key); Wheeler & Creighton, 1934 PDF: 360 (Veromessor species key); Finzi, 1936 PDF: 160 (Egypt species key); Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 82 (Central Europe species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 158 (North America Veromesor species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 136 (Asia checklist); Bernard, 1955a PDF: 360 (Mediterranean Messor structor group key); Smith, 1956a PDF: 36 (U.S.A. Veromessor species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 137 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 257 (Neotropical Veromessor catalogue); Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 50 (Kyrghyzstan species key); Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1640 (former U.S.S.R. species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 80 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Smith, 1979: 1364 (North America Veromessor catalogue); Bolton, 1982: 338 (diagnosis, review of genus, Afrotropical species revision, key); Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 248 (Saudi Arabia species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 38 (U.S.A., Nevada Veromessor species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 270 (Balkans species key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 PDF: 215 (Turkmenistan species key); Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990b: 156 (Corsica species key); Atanasov & Dlussky, 1992: 113 (Bulgaria species key); Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 33 (Armenia species key); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 252 (catalogue); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 314 (Saudi Arabia species key); Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 419 (Morocco species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 14 (Portugal species key).
Genus Messor references
Forel, 1903a PDF: 693 (India & Sri Lanka species key); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 278 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Ruzsky, 1905b: 726 (Russian Empire species key); Emery, 1908f PDF: 437 (Palaearctic species key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 143 (Italy species key); Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 149 (France & Belgium species key); Arnold, 1920a PDF: 404 (diagnosis); Emery, 1921c: 43 (Cratomyrmex diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1921c: 67 (Veromessor diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1921c: 68 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 802 (Afrotropical Cratomyrmex, Messor catalogues); Santschi, 1927d PDF: 247 (Messor instabilis group key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a PDF: 89 (Central Asia species key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d PDF: 4 (Central Asia species key); Finzi, 1929 PDF: 77 (Italy species key); Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 56 (Israel species key); Wheeler & Creighton, 1934 PDF: 360 (Veromessor species key); Finzi, 1936 PDF: 160 (Egypt species key); Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 82 (Central Europe species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 158 (North America Veromesor species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 136 (Asia checklist); Bernard, 1955a PDF: 360 (Mediterranean Messor structor group key); Smith, 1956a PDF: 36 (U.S.A. Veromessor species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 137 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 257 (Neotropical Veromessor catalogue); Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 50 (Kyrghyzstan species key); Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1640 (former U.S.S.R. species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 80 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Smith, 1979: 1364 (North America Veromessor catalogue); Bolton, 1982: 338 (diagnosis, review of genus, Afrotropical species revision, key); Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 248 (Saudi Arabia species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 38 (U.S.A., Nevada Veromessor species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 270 (Balkans species key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 PDF: 215 (Turkmenistan species key); Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990b: 156 (Corsica species key); Atanasov & Dlussky, 1992: 113 (Bulgaria species key); Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 33 (Armenia species key); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 252 (catalogue); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 314 (Saudi Arabia species key); Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 419 (Morocco species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 14 (Portugal species key); He & Song, 2009: 721 (China species key).

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